Re: Re: Using "localhost" is taking me to localhost.com!!! why?

OK, I learned something today... <g> I thought I'd usually seen localhost specified without the http:// , so I assumed there was a reason. Wm "Glenn Sieb" <ges@lumeta.com> wrote in message news:5.1.1.6.0.20020828135857.0126deb0@mail.corp.lumeta.com... > Hey Wm, > > Nothing prevents you from running a webserver on your local host (unless of > course you're on a corporate network where it's generally pooh-poohed by > the AoH (Admins on High). Lots of developers run local webservers to check > their work. > > And, since localhost refers to 127.0.0.1 or the local loopback address, > http://localhost is a perfectly valid URL if one is running a > webserver and > trying to connect to that webserver from the same machine it's running on. :) > > Glenn